why didn't they go like this
>inb4 pirates
they could just bribe pirates, they were wealthy fellows
why didn't they go like this. >inb4 pirates. they could just bribe pirates, they were wealthy fellows
why didn't they go like this
>inb4 pirates
they could just bribe pirates, they were wealthy fellows
Whales were at Sauron's side
Tolkien was a hack. He also never explained why they didn't just ride the eagles. And Tolkien headz haven't ever once been able to post in great autistic detail why he actually did.
Eagles belonged to Manwe and the Valar did not want to help so much to the Middle Earth.
Ulmo controls the waters and is the only Vala who actually bothered to help instead of being an autistic moron sitting on top of a mountain
AHHHH SAVE ME GANDALF
Where is that from??
Rings of power
That's where all of the budget went
Turns out using thermite-based paint on the eagles was a bad idea
>eagle explodes like an F-35 with full tanks over an air exhibition crowd.
It wasn't simply about delivering the ring, it had to pass through many different people so they could face and overcome its temptation. It was a spiritual battle they were fighting
I'm sure that all soldiers that died in battles really cared about Frodo's spiritual growth
because eagles are untrustworthy homosexuals and gandalf literally had to blow the one who saved them from mt doom
>Tolkien was a hack. He also never explained why they didn't just ride the eagles. And Tolkien headz haven't ever once been able to post in great autistic detail why he actually did.
You're fricking moronic. The entire point of the fellowship being small is that Sauron was only looking for large scale breaches into his lands. The idea that anyone could get the ring to Mordor unnoticed was ridiculous because you'd have to brave unfriendly terrain full of monstrosities. The hobbits tend to escape notice, so a guerilla strike works where an full assault even from the air damn well wouldn't.
Hobbits were scared of rivers and boats
the same reason they didnt use the gryphons
They would have to pay massive Tariffs to Gondor after the sanctions imposed by Mordor
there's nothing to hide behind in open sea
sauron has those bird scouts
>there's nothing to hide behind in open sea
how about underwater you fricking moron???
>And that we shall not find on the roads to the Sea,’ said Galdor. ‘If the return to Iarwain be thought too dangerous, then flight to the Sea is now fraught with gravest peril. My heart tells me that Sauron will expect us to take the western way, when he learns what has befallen. He soon will. The Nine have been unhorsed indeed, but that is but a respite, ere they find new steeds and swifter. Only the waning might of Gondor stands now between him and a march in power along the coasts into the North; and if he comes, assailing the White Towers and the Havens, hereafter the Elves may have no escape from the lengthening shadows of Middle-earth.’
Sauron was watching the west.
90% of brain-dead questions made by morons like OP are answered in the books.
>they cannot do that only because author of the book said so
poor writing
>pirates on the south (tolkiens says that a couple of big ships and over 50 great ships are present at the attack of gondor)
>you still have to cross the river all the way to osgiliath
>everything east of gondor was already on sauron's hands
Boats are extremely vulnerable, all it would take is one butthole on a flying creature to frick it up and drown the crew.
>why didn't they take my approach instead of the one that actually worked, restored the King to Gondor, defeated Saruman and brought down Sauron forever?
>just sail a boat upriver bro, it's easy
Sailing along the coast and up a river with a big-ass ship is not very stealthy. Especially when your enemy has magic far-sight that allows him to observe distant places. And the river goes through the Gondor-Mordor war zone.
So what? They just cruise through the war zone guns blazing and make it to their objective
Vladimir Sauron would have used a tactical nuke
Why didn't they ask the dwarves of Erebor to dig a tunnel into Mordor?
>they could just bribe pirates
Do you realize how little sense this makes
You can't "bribe" someone whose entire objective is to take your money and valuables
>if you don't rape and kill all of us you can have some of our money instead of all of it
works every time
>"you work for me now"
easy, you just need some confidence
Adding laughter to the rape and murder
Why not just walk in through the open side?
that was probably Gandalf's original plan
besides having to go through easterling territory, they would run into wicked dwarves, a.k.a chaos dwarves
>dude there's literally one and only one way and you can't change it at all otherwise... uhm... pirates... and... wicked dwarves... and DEMONS will kill you
yeah, tolkien wasn't the best story writer
I mean, it would make for kino content and they would most likely also run into the Blue wizards that are probably not (but probably are) corrupted.
That's what Sauron expected them to do.
>give me an answer to this question
>but also don't give me the obvious easy answer
I know this is bait but its an amusing metric
In the lake near Moria's door there were a Kraken like creature. Sauron should have similar monsters in the sea.
What does the Watcher eat? There aren't many visitors to Moria.
Given they disturb the water several times before the watcher gives too much of a shit, my guess is it's essentially just hibernating in there until disturbed and the moment something falls in the water it wakes up and eats it regardless of what it is. People, birds, animals, orcs, goblins, etc. I assume it's similar to Sheldon where she just eats whatever but prefers something other than orc when she can get it.
I assume it is just sleeping until something edible walks/swims around and grabs it.